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Early diagnosis and straight forward surgery of an asymptomatic primary angiosarcoma of the kidney led to long‐term survival
Author(s) -
AKKAD THOMAS,
TSANKOV ALEXANDAR,
PELZER ALEXANDRE,
PESCHEL REINHARD,
BARTSCH GEORG,
STEINER HANNES
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01490.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , nephrectomy , angiosarcoma , surgery , primary tumor , kidney , radiology , general surgery , metastasis , cancer
We report the first case of a diagnosis of an asymptomatic primary renal angiosarcoma. The patient underwent laparoscopic nephrectomy and is alive after long‐term follow up. We provide the preoperative imaging studies and the histologic features of this exceedingly rare tumor.